Table I .--IRELAND. Number and tonnage of high-seas fishing vessels, 

 ranked by tonnage, 1975-92. 



Source; Lloyd's Register of Shipping Statislical Tables. Lloyd's Register of Shipping, London, UK, vanous years 



Includes the stem trawlers Atlantean. Antarctic. Sheanne, and Western Viking which were all reported in 1981 . Another vessel, the Paula, 

 is thought to be the 5th vessel in this class of vessel, but only 4 vessels are identified by Lloyd's Register of Shipping Statistical Tables for 1981 . 



The new addition could be either the Jasper Sea or the Paraclete. 



'^ Includes the Antarctic. Atlantean I. Jasper Sea, Western Viking, Sheanne, and Paraclete. The vessels average 571 -GRT in toimage. 



It is possible that the Atlantean was decommissioned in 1986. The vessel was replaced by the Atlantean II in 1988. 



' The Atlantic Challenge (1 ,672-GRT) , a purse seiner built at the Mjellem & Karlsen yard in Bergen, Norway The owners plarmed to 

 concentrate on non-quota species, such as blue whiting and scad. The ship was delivered in April 1986. 



Possibly the Western Endeavor. 



* The super trawler. Veronica (4,034-GRT), built by the Marstrandsverben yard in Sweden and the Atlantean II (4,042-GRT) built in 

 Norwegian shipyards. The two ships were designed to fish for non-quota species as well as herring and mackerel. 



The Atlantean II was sold to the Lira Shipping Corporation of Liberia and was subsequently leased to a Soviet-owned fishing company 

 which renamed it the Novator. The sale was necessary because the Irish owners wanted to build a bigger vessel, but were required to sell the 

 ship in order to receive a new quota under current Irish regulations. No replacement of the vessel has been reported. 



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